Can Computers Become Conscious and Overcome Humans?
The idea of machines overcoming humans can be intrinsically related to conscious machines. Surpassing humans would mean replicating, reaching and exceeding key distinctive properties of human beings, for example, high-level cognition associated with conscious perception. However, can computers be co...
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| description | The idea of machines overcoming humans can be intrinsically related to conscious machines. Surpassing humans would mean replicating, reaching and exceeding key distinctive properties of human beings, for example, high-level cognition associated with conscious perception. However, can computers be compared with humans? Can computers become conscious? Can computers outstrip human capabilities? These are paradoxical and controversial questions, particularly because there are many hidden assumptions and misconceptions about the understanding of the brain. In this sense, it is necessary to first explore these assumptions and then suggest how the specific information processing of brains would be replicated by machines. Therefore, this article will discuss a subset of human capabilities and the connection with conscious behavior, secondly, a prototype theory of consciousness will be explored and machines will be classified according to this framework. Finally, this analysis will show the paradoxical conclusion that trying to achieve conscious machines to beat humans implies that computers will never completely exceed human capabilities, or if the computer were to do it, the machine should not be considered a computer anymore. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8576279ee0784bad912d6db9d68a74bc2022-12-21T23:56:01ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Robotics and AI2296-91442018-10-01510.3389/frobt.2018.00121306019Can Computers Become Conscious and Overcome Humans?Camilo Miguel Signorelli0Camilo Miguel Signorelli1Camilo Miguel Signorelli2Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, United KingdomCognitive Neuroimaging Unit, INSERM U992, NeuroSpin, Gif-sur-Yvette, FranceCentre for Brain and Cognition, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, SpainThe idea of machines overcoming humans can be intrinsically related to conscious machines. Surpassing humans would mean replicating, reaching and exceeding key distinctive properties of human beings, for example, high-level cognition associated with conscious perception. However, can computers be compared with humans? Can computers become conscious? Can computers outstrip human capabilities? These are paradoxical and controversial questions, particularly because there are many hidden assumptions and misconceptions about the understanding of the brain. In this sense, it is necessary to first explore these assumptions and then suggest how the specific information processing of brains would be replicated by machines. Therefore, this article will discuss a subset of human capabilities and the connection with conscious behavior, secondly, a prototype theory of consciousness will be explored and machines will be classified according to this framework. Finally, this analysis will show the paradoxical conclusion that trying to achieve conscious machines to beat humans implies that computers will never completely exceed human capabilities, or if the computer were to do it, the machine should not be considered a computer anymore.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/frobt.2018.00121/fullartificial intelligenceinformation processingcognitive computingtype of cognitionsuper machineconscious machine |
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| title | Can Computers Become Conscious and Overcome Humans? |
| title_full | Can Computers Become Conscious and Overcome Humans? |
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| title_short | Can Computers Become Conscious and Overcome Humans? |
| title_sort | can computers become conscious and overcome humans |
| topic | artificial intelligence information processing cognitive computing type of cognition super machine conscious machine |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/frobt.2018.00121/full |
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